The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-11
LEITNER'S GOOD PITCHING
ItGreatly Puzzles the New York Batters,
Who Expected an Easy Victory.
Pittsburg, Washington and Chicago Win from
the Bostons, Detroits and Philadelphias
neutrality-suspicious. Games.

The kind of ball-playing that makes enthu-
siasts get up and yell witnessed at Athletic
Park yesterday afternoon. 1t was intensely
Interesting game from the beginning TO the
close and admirers Of the home club found good
cause for giving nnrestrained vent to their long
pentup enthusiasm. Both clubs played with
spirit, aud every man. especially in the home
team, seemed to be doing his very best
work. The game introduced to the public two
Of the new players engaged by the Indianapolis
management-Leitner and Moffett-and both
made a very favorable impression. Leitner.
who is apparently not more than twenty-five
years old and is somewhat below medium stat
IRE, did the pitching, while Mofett played in
right field Leitners work was of the kind that
In base ball parlance is usually characterized as
phenomenal. He couldn't have been given
severer test than to pitch his first game in the
League against such sluggers as the
New York Giants. He wanted Manager
Fogel to try him in a game with some other CLUB
1t evident that he was very nervous "nen
he went into the box but tSat did not interter
with his work, for he pitched as effectively IN
the beginning as he did al tho close. Inc cnleI
merit of his delivery is his terrific speed. his
curves are not sharp, but his delivery IS none
the less perplexing to batsmen Whatever Turn
the ball takes seems TO begin about MIDWAY De-
tween the pitchers box and the mono
plate, but it travels with sucn speeo
that there is no time for thinking about where
the ball will go. In yesterdays game 1t went
5quarely over the home plate about as often as
it failed TO. Most of the time 1t was rather
low but still il was high enough to warran5 the
umpire calling it good ball. Conner was the
only New York player who seemed to De able TO
do ANYTHING with his delivery but twice three
strikes were called on him. Only five clean hits
were made off of him by the Giants, the other
three credited to them in the score being OF the
phantom order.
Moffett in right field had little to d. but in
practice he showed up we'll, and at the bat, after
he got acquainted with Georges delivery,
he did fairly well. making two hits he ran
bases like an old-timer and evidently he is quite
a bali-player.
The remarkable features of the game, aside
from Leitners pitching, were Hacketts admlra-
Bile work behind the bat, and Glasscocks brill
liant playing Hackett did some of the finest
back-stop work witnessed on the home
grounds, and much of his catching was especially
difficult, because he had to take Lietners swift
balls from very close to the ground.
che tendency of the pitchers delivery being
downward. Glasscock made several plays that
excited the greatest enthusiasm, and ono OF his
very difficult stops caused catcher ORourke, OF
the New Yorks, to raise his cap to the KING OF
short-stops. George Myers played in center
field and carried off the honors OF the day at the
bat, being the only one OF the home team who
made three hits of which went over the
fence and brought in three men, which the re-
suit proved, won the game for Indianapolis
Valentine oficiated as umpire, and his de-
cisions satisfactory, except in the sixth inn
ing when he unfairly called two Of the Indian
apolis players out Myers was on first base,
and Hackett knocked the ball out into center
field. Gore muffed it, every body could plainly
Gee He picked the ball M and threw it to
second after Myers had reached the base. Val
entine declared both Myers and Hackett out, for
the reason, he afterward explained, that Gore
had momentarily held the ball.
The run-getting by the Indianapolis club be-
gan in the first inning, when Glasscock was sent
TO first called balls and got second on
passed ball. Seery got to first on a slow hit to
Ward, and stole second. After Denny went out
on n fly to Richardson. Shomberg made a three
base hit, bringing Glasscock and Seery home
and Shomberg scored a hit by Basset In the
second inning two more runs were made after
Leitner and Glasscock had been put out. on an
by Conner, two-base hit by Denny,
and wild throw to second by George.
Another added TO the score IN
the seventh inning on a hit by Glasscock, outs
by Seery and Denny and hit by Shomberg. In
the eighth one more was brought in on singles
py Moffet, Hackett and Leitner, and an error by
ORourke. With three men on bases Denny
took the bat, and tried to crafty the usual
request from the crowd for home run, but his
high fly fell into Cores hands and the side was
retired In the ninth inning Bassett was hit by
a pitched ball and sent to his
base. Mofett followed with hit George
Myers the mex. at bat. knocked the ball over
the left field fence, and as the three runs were
scored the CROWD stood up and cheored wildly.
As Myers crossed the home plate a shower of
silver pieces fell around him. and he picked up
$l4 80.
The runs of the New York club were scored
in the second, third, sixth and ninth innings.
In the second three were brought in by Conner
getting nrst on called DaIS. second on WlLo
pitch, singles by Ewing and O'Rourke, Giles
pies out, Glasscock's error in falling while stop
ping a liner batted by Richardson, and Georges
out. In the next inning. after two men we're
out and Denny muffed foul batted by Conner,
the big first baseman knocked the ball over
right-feld fence, close to the foul line
that everybody thought it the wrong
side, but the umpire called it fair ball In the
sixth Common scored again by getting his base on
balls, advancing on Ewings out. and coming
home on a sacrifice hit by o Rourke. Two more
were added in the ninth a two-base hit by
Gillespie, Richardson's base on balls Denny's
error and Georges ont fly. The record of
the game is given in the following